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The request followed the execution of another inmate who chose the electric chair rather than lethal injection. Only three states still allow the use of firing squads as a means of execution.

The Justice and Interior Departments are expanding a program that connects tribal law enforcement with national crime databases. The initiative has helped solve crimes and register sex offenders.

But getting Native American voters to turn out might represent a challenge.

2018 "was not the national game-changer that gun-control advocates had hoped it could be."

A new study of census and state budget data finds a majority of states spend less on their schools now than they did in 2008.

New research ranks state Head Start programs on measures like teacher pay and the percent of eligible children who are enrolled.

Many of the industry's biggest companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, are tangled up in litigation. The latest filing was by Insys Therapeutics after a $225-million settlement agreement.

Women are telling their stories and asking questions about abortion after highly restrictive laws in Alabama, Missouri and Georgia passed in recent weeks.

"This agreement is a win, plain and simple: for our students; for our educators; and for our communities," said Denver Classroom Teachers Association President Henry Roman.

After four years of organizing, online teachers win higher wages and student caseload caps.

The states' attorneys general are banding together to investigate the makers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers that have led to a spike in opiate addictions and overdose deaths.

State leaders implemented sweeping measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here's how changes in case numbers are affecting their reopening plans.